Politics Jul 01 Senate pulls AI regulatory ban from GOP bill after complaints from states A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate.
Politics Jul 01 Senate passes Trump’s reconciliation bill with Vance casting tie-breaking vote The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber's version.
Politics Jul 01 WATCH: Senate narrowly passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill on tax and spending cuts The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber's version.
Politics Jul 01 Senate works a tense overnight session as Republicans seek support for Trump’s big bill Thune wants to satisfy Republicans worried the bill's reductions to Medicaid will leave millions more people without care and those in his conservative flank seeking steeper cuts to hold down deficits ballooning with the tax cuts.
Politics May 08 WATCH: OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman testifies on AI competition in Senate hearing The hearing comes as the race to control the future of artificial intelligence is heating up between companies and countries. Altman's OpenAI is in a furious race to develop the best artificial intelligence model against tech rivals like Alphabet and…
Politics Apr 29 WATCH: Black women’s WWII unit, ‘Six Triple Eight,’ receives congressional honor At a ceremony Tuesday in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center, House Speaker Mike Johnson and other lawmakers will present the medal to the family of unit commander Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley.
Politics Apr 22 More Democratic lawmakers visit El Salvador to see Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported by Trump administration While administration officials have acknowledged that the decision to deport Abrego Garcia was done in error, they have said they have no power to return him to the country despite a Supreme Court ruling calling on the government to do…
Politics Apr 16 Maryland senator meets with El Salvador’s vice president in push for Abrego Garcia’s release Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday and met with the country's vice president to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was sent there by the Trump administration in March despite an immigration court…
Politics Mar 19 DOGE official taking leadership role at USAID, email obtained by AP says A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Politics Mar 19 Democrats clashed over shutdown strategy, but party’s crisis runs far deeper Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration.